Press Freedom Day: IPI Nigeria sets agenda for Tinubu on journalists’ safety, press freedom
On the occasion of today’s commemoration of the 2023 World Press Freedom Day, the Nigerian National Committee of the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) is asking the new government that…
World Press Freedom Day: Editors Task Incoming Government on Safety of Journalists, Others
· Promise to engage authorities on review of NBC Act, anti-media laws Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has tasked the incoming government to initiate deliberate and sustained policies…
World Press Freedom Day: Editors Decry Attack on Press Freedom in Nigeria
May 3, 2022 As the world marks the World Press Freedom Day today (May 3), the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has said that the inalienable right to access and…
Nigeria Cybercrime Act makes Press Freedom criminal – CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists has accused Nigerian government of using the Cybercrime Act to intimidate journalists in the country, describing it as a breach of press freedom. Senior Researcher,…
Stakeholders call for free press, protection of journalists
Media practitioners and civil society groups on Saturday called for a robust and free press as well as protection for journalists as enshrined in the constitution. The stakeholders made the…
Buhari, Osinbajo restate faith in media; commitment to press freedom
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have restated their faith in the Nigerian media and defence of press freedom for the sake of responsible journalism. They told visiting…